Almere 2025

Together We Lead: Nurturing cooperation as the foundation of Europe

#ALRC’25

Welcome to Almere 2025, the second Regional Conference of EYP the Netherlands in 2024/2025!

24-26 January

Friday: Officials Training (Officials only)

Saturday: Teambuilding & Committee Work

Sunday: General Assembly

50 participants

Delegations from Dutch high schools

Almere

De Nieuwe Bibliotheek Almere, Trinitas Gymnasium, & Raadszaal Almere

Packing List

Essentials
  • ID and/or passport
  • Health insurance card 
  • Food for Eurovillage (delegates)
  • Money to spend on the (non-obligatory) non-alcoholic drinks and/or snacks during other Evening Programme events
  • Reusable waterbottle and/or coffee cup
  • Sleeping bag and sleeping mat
Clothing
  • Casual clothing for Teambuilding (Friday for officials, Saturday for delegates)
  • Smart casual clothing for Committee Work (Saturday & Sunday)
  • Business formal clothing for General Assembly (Sunday)
  • Pyjamas
  • Enough underwear/socks etc. for two days
  • Shoes
Academics
  • Research material & Topic Overviews for Committee Work (digitally available, preferably not printed)
  • Pen, notebook, paper
  • Laptop & charger if you have them
Personal
  • Any (emergency) medication you may need
    Please note: we are not allowed to provide you with any form of medication. This even includes coughing tablets or painkillers. If you think you may need these, please bring them yourself!
  • Toiletries
  • Towel
  • Phone & charger
  • Lots of excitement and a good mood!

Academic Topic Overviews & Resolutions

With support of the President and Vice-Presidents, the Chairpersons of Almere 2025 have written extensive Academic Topic Overviews for their Committees. It is mandatory for all delegates to thoroughly study the paper, follow the links and answer the guiding questions in research of their own topic. If you want to further understand other committees’ resolutions, it is also recommended to explore the corresponding Topic Overview. Good luck with your academic preparation!

  • AFET

    Committee on Foreign Affairs by Lucas Logemann (DE) Game of Thrones: Protests in Tbilisi continue after the October 2024 elections, where the Georgian pro-Russian government kept power, despite accusations of fraud and Russian interference. With opposition parties boycotting parliament and accusing the government of rigging the vote, while the EU ascension talks are suspended, how…

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  • CULT I

    Committee on Culture and Education I by Emily Reynolds (UK) Cutting Down Knowledge: The Dutch government’s proposed €1 billion cuts to university funding highlight the growing threat of underfunding facing Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) across Europe. With experts warning that these cuts jeopardise the sustainability of research and the quality of education whilst further undermining…

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  • CULT II

    Committee on Culture and Education II by Caroline Soppitt (UK) Hold your tongue: In 2022, roughly 87% of upper-secondary students in the EU were studying English as a foreign language. Simultaneously, rates of students learning other foreign languages are dropping rapidly all over the EU. With English usage rising across Europe as the new lingua…

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  • DROI

    Committee on Human Rights by Frédérique Umbreit (NL) We Do Not Talk About Fight Club: Civil liberties NGOs in states like Croatia, Poland, Italy, and Hungary warn about rising suppression of free speech over the past decade, exacerbated by authoritarian “emergency measures” during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. As imprisonment of journalists and silencing of activists…

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  • ENVI

    Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety by Danielle Gencianos-Yu (CH) Zombie epidemic: “Tranq dope”, the deadly combination of xylazine and fentanyl, is wreaking havoc across the U.S., with rising deaths linked to its flesh-eating effects. With reports of this dangerous drug already emerging in Europe, including cases in Germany where users have been…

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  • ITRE

    Committee on Industry, Research and Energy by Boris Anastasov (BG) May the Best Byte Win!: As tech giants like China and the US lead in areas such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and digital infrastructure, the EU is working to maintain its technological independence. How can the EU support progress in these fields, secure its…

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  • TRAN

    Committee on Transport and Tourism by Sophie van den Heuvel (NL) California Dreaming: In August of 2024, over 10 million people visited Spain, sparking protests and outrage from the local citizens, who urged tourists to “go home”. Simultaneously, the EU continues its efforts to subsidise train travel and foster a “European identity” among youth through…

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Safety & Welfare

In the European Youth Parliament we work hard to ensure the physical and mental wellbeing of all participants and volunteers. At all our conferences, there will be at least individuals committed to safety and welfare: trained Event Safe Persons (Vertrouwenspersonen) & licenced Emergency Response Officers (Bedrijfshulpverleners – BHV’ers).

Minke van der Heide

emergency response officer

Tatum van Dijk

emergency response officer

Madelief van Poelvoorde

emergency response officer

Kik Maassen

emergency response officer

Anouschka de Graaf

EVENT SAFE PERSON

Additionally, there is a National Safe Person for back-up and extensive Safety & Welfare policies on an international level.

Team

Almere 2025 is run by a group of dedicated volunteers. All are previous participants of the European Youth Parliament, from the Netherlands and abroad. Each team is responsible for a different aspect of the conference and led by an experienced member.

Head-Organisers

Fenna Winter

Leah Stella

The initiators and project managers of Almere 2025